(CNN) – Republican lawmakers have been especially critical of the administration's ability to contain Ebola in the U.S.

In a hearing yesterday with the nation's top health officials, Rep. Tim Murphy, R-Pennsylvania went so far as to say that the trust and credibility of the government are waning.
On Friday, President Obama appointed Democratic insider Ron Klain as Ebola response coordinator, a so-called Ebola czar.

But Murphy called Obama's move "tone deaf". Check out his interview with CNN's "The Lead with Jake Tapper" in the video above.

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